8.08.2010

JESSICA HINES: Philly Exhibition

Photograph (c) Jessica Hines/All Rights Reserved

"On November 4th, my brother arrived in Qui Nhon, Viet Nam. It was my eighth birthday. Because my parents could no longer care for me, I was sent to live with various relatives. Gary and I didn’t see one another for years.

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Photograph (c) Jessica Hines/All Rights Reserved

"While perusing Gary’s Vietnamese/English dictionary, I found it had hand-written declarations of love to him from a Vietnamese woman with whom he had fallen in love. I have since found information that confirmed their plans to marry."

Photograph (c) Jessica Hines/All Rights Reserved

"My pre-war brother, a normal and well-adjusted person had become, according to the Veterans Administration, 50% disabled. He took his own life ten years later."